Congress: Chapter 11
Steps to become a law
-introduced into house/senate -referred to house/senate committee -referred to subcommittee -reported by full committee -committee on rules full house/senate debates and vote -conference committee -house/senate approval -given to president (10 days to sign)
Senates
100
Gerrymandering
Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
Bicameralism
Two house legislature
bill
a proposed law
veto power
presidential power to stop a bill from becoming a law by rejecting it
Redistricting
redrawing of congressional district boundaries by the party in power of the state legislature
law/legislation
the act of making or enacting laws
Executive Branch
the branch of government that carries out laws
Judicial Branch
the branch of government that interprets laws
Legislative Branch
the branch of government that makes the laws
House of Representatives
the lower legislative house of the United States Congress; 435 members